Signs of the Hour
أشراط الساعة
al-Tahawi's statement of belief in the signs of the Hour: the coming of the Dajjal, the descent of Jesus son of Mary from heaven, the rising of the sun from its setting place, and the emergence of the beast of the earth from its place.
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Summary
"We believe in the signs of the Hour: the emergence of the Dajjal, the descent of Jesus son of Mary from heaven; and we believe in the sun rising from its west, and the Beast of the Earth emerging from its place" 1.
In Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi's Lum'at al-I'tiqad
Ibn Qudama mentions among the signs of the Hour: "the emergence of the Dajjal; the descent of Jesus son of Mary, who kills him; the emergence of Gog and Magog; the emergence of the Beast; the sun rising from its west; and the like of what sound transmission established" 2.
In al-Ash'ari's Maqalat al-Islamiyyin
In "the account of the sum of the saying of the people of hadith and sunna" in Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari presents what the people of hadith and sunna hold, ending: "And in all we have mentioned of their saying we speak, and to it we go" 3. He relates there that they "believe in the emergence of the Dajjal, and that Jesus son of Mary kills him" 4.
What is not covered here
This entry presents the positions of the 'Aqida al-Tahawiyya, Ibn Qudama's Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Taymiyya's al-Wasitiyya, and what al-Ash'ari related in Maqalat al-Islamiyyin of the people of hadith and sunna and declared his own — each attributed to its book. The sayings of the Maturidis and the remaining Sunni and non-Sunni schools from their own books have not yet been added; the entry needs specialist review before promotion.
Opinions on the question
The question: Which signs of the Hour are believed in?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame) · Sunni (Hanafi)Main reference
The Dajjal, the descent of Jesus, the rising of the sun from the west and the beast of the earth
Held by: Abu Ja'far al-Tahawial-Aqida al-Tahawiyya (the Tahawi creed)
Basis: al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya, Dar Ibn Hazm 1995 article 129, p. 31
More opinions (2)
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame) · Sunni (Hanbali)Main reference
The same signs with Gog and Magog and Jesus killing the Dajjal
Held by: Ibn Qudama al-MaqdisiLum'at al-I'tiqad
Basis: Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (al-Maktab al-Islami) pp. 30 and 31
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame) · Sunni (Ash'ari)Main reference
Believing in the coming of the Dajjal and Jesus son of Mary killing him
Held by: Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ariMaqalat al-Islamiyyin wa-Ikhtilaf al-Musallin
Basis: Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, al-Ash'ari (ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid) p. 348
People and things also explored
The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sinThe hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoningThe ten promised ParadiseBid'a (religious innovation)Love of the Companions and how to speak of them (in the Tahawi creed)The sanctity of a Muslim's bloodIhsan (excellence in worship)Iman (faith)
Sources
- al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya, Dar Ibn Hazm 1995, p. 31
- Lum'at al-I'tiqad, Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi (al-Maktab al-Islami), p. 31
- Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, al-Ash'ari (ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid), p. 350
- Maqalat al-Islamiyyin, al-Ash'ari (ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid), p. 348
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